White Stone Remnant Conferen﻿ce 2014 DVD

The Remnant Responsibility

Someone asked me the other day whether I thought it was arrogant to think that I and all of those people who went to the White Stone Remnant Conference are part of God’s Remnant in these times. This person knows a little bit about the Bible and considers himself saved, in which I have no doubts. His premise was that the “Remnant” is only referred to in the Old Testament and is specifically referring to those Israelites who came out of and survived a cataclysmic judgement from God to start a new life. “Its God’s way of bringing a selected group of His people back to Him while all others perish!” He asked, “Do you believe you are a select few that will survive as God’s chosen if the judgement of God falls on us?”

Keep in mind that this is a trusted friend who was just making sure I wasn’t going off the “deep end.” So, after we finished a little laugh I looked at him which a very serious expression and said, “No, you don’t understand the fullness of who the Remnant was and who those who overcome are today.” You see, the Remnant and the overcomer are the same person and I don’t believe they are randomly chosen by God. They are brought through by God because of their faith, obedience and reverence for God. I told my friend, “I don’t believe I am a part of the Remnant as you see it, I am simply a man who wants to be obedient to my calling, holy and set apart from this evil world and truly on-my-face reverent to God, my Father. I will overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of the testimony he builds in me.

If you believe the same as I, then you have the same responsibility that the Old Testament Remnants had. They were called out of the evil world in which they lived, back to the Father, to begin rebuilding a community focused on the things of God - worshiping Him in spirit and in truth, doing His will by propagating faith, kindness and love to those around them. It is time to come out of hiding and step into the call God has on each of us - to share the new and abundant life that God brings us, even in days such as these. What is your ministry? What manner of fear is holding you back from it?

The Remnant, those who overcome, each have a skill or gifting, as well as a spiritual gift given to us by God. It is our individual responsibility to seek God in order to better understand what they are and then begin to apply them in our everyday lives. Are you a carpenter, a linguist, a seamstress, an administrator - what is your skill or passion and how can God use you through it? I have a friend who is a wood worker. He has an extreme passion for it and an even greater passion for God. Every Thursday night he turns his wood shop into a Bible study to teach his craft and the Word. They then turn their focus outward giving the proceeds of everything they make to a needy ministry. That’s a Remnant mindset!

Hebrews Chapter 11 is a roster of the Old Testament Faith Hall of Fame. It was by their faith that they were counted as righteous. There were countless others who were part of some remnant that God delivered. They weren’t always perfect in their walk with God and some were even left in the wilderness, but God called them out to walk with Him. They were to stay in the Word, never letting it depart from their lips. He called them to prayer and fasting, and most importantly, to love Him with all of their being and to love and serve one another. It is the responsibility of the Remnant. I invite you to join me in the journey.